Benedict Cumberbatch's wartime drama The Imitation Game looks set to dominate the upcoming Empire Awards after scooping six nominations. The biopic of codebreaker Alan Turing, which failed to score any big prizes at the Academy Awards on Sunday (22Feb15), will compete against Boyhood, Interstellar, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes for the Best Film title.
The drama is also nominated for Best British Film, Best Thriller, Best Actor for Cumberbatch, Best Actress for Keira Knightley and Best Director for Morten Tyldum.
It is closely followed by The Hobbit finale, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which scored four nods each.
Cumberbatch will compete against Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), Richard Armitage (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies), and Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) for the Best Actor title, while Knightley is up against Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow), and Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) for the Best Actress prize.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was missed off the Best Director shortlist for his work on Birdman, and nods were instead given to Christopher Nolan (Interstellar), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), and The Hobbit's Peter Jackson.
The Imitation Game will compete against Paddington, Under the Skin, The Theory of Everything, and Kingsman: The Secret Service for Best British Film.
The winners, which are decided by public vote, will be announced on 29 March (15) in London.

Lately, it seems like a franchise is not truly a franchise until it’s gotten its gritty reboot. Superman had Man of Steel, Batman had the Christopher Nolan trilogy, and Doctor Who now has Twelve to bring some dark realism to a show about a man who travels around space and time in a mysterious flying police box. Previous seasons have seemed to mix the show’s campier, sillier side with a few serious moments, but the first full trailer for Peter Capaldi’s time at the helm of the TARDIS promises a season that is decidedly darker than Matt Smith or David Tennant’s runs.
But Doctor Who is not a show that has exactly shied away from darkness before. Between the horror that creatures like the Weeping Angels or the Silence bring and the show’s many tragic deaths and departures, not to mention the ramifications of the Time War that haunted the Doctor for years, there has always been plenty to temper the more ridiculous aspects of the show. However, this time around, the show seems to be re-focusing on the darker functions of the Doctor’s story, with goofier elements like dinosaurs rampaging through London taking a backseat to questions about the Doctor’s morality.
In fact, this darker edge seems to be the selling point for the new Doctor. That’s most likely due to the fact that Capaldi is an established dramatic actor, and we as an audience are used to seeing him play darker moments or roles. Even his most famous character, the aggressive and very profane Director of Communications Malcolm Tucker was arguably more of an anti-hero than a straight-forward good guy. Though Capaldi is often funny, both on and off screen, he’s better known for being brash, mean and sometimes evil.
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Doctor Who started to take a darker turn towards the end of Smith’s tenure, with much of his happy-go-lucky façade slipping to reveal the guiltier, tortured side he hid underneath. Bringing in Capaldi gives the show a better opportunity to explore some of those more serious elements, as Eleven always needed to hold on to his goofier side. Twelve, however, is a blank slate, which allows the writers to properly delve into the grittier side of space and time travel, and being responsible for the fate of an entire planet. And since the anti-hero is so popular right now, it makes sense for Doctor Who to hop on the tortured male lead bandwagon with someone who is adept at playing that role.
Of course, no matter how good Capaldi will be as Twelve – and given everything we’ve seen him in thus far, it’s likely to be a fantastic performance – it remains to be seen how well Doctor Who as a whole will be able to pull off its gritty reboot. Recently, the show’s darker moments have been somewhat hit-and-miss, so it would be a challenge for the writers to maintain such a serious tone for the entire season. Recently, the show has struggled to ensure that its serious moments have the right amount of impact, thanks to show runner Steven Moffat’s disregard for continuity and love of resurrecting characters from the dead. A tone like this requires consequences in order to be effective. Audiences need to be worried about the fate of Clara and the Doctor, scared by their actions or the actions of the enemies they face, and since Moffat doesn’t seem to be the biggest fan of lasting consequences, it doesn’t bode well for the new season.
However, if Doctor Who is able to maintain its balance between camp and drama, it should be able to ensure a memorable run for Capaldi. The goofiness will offset some of the tension, allowing audiences time to relax, breathe and enjoy the time they’re spending with these characters, as well as taking some pressure off of the consequences of the show’s darker moments, while the grittier elements will be able to raise the show’s stakes as well as allowing them to explore new territory with the Doctor, both in terms of location and character development. Although, if they really run out of options, they could always just have Twelve verbally eviscerate the Daleks. That should help them find the ideal blend of comedy and darkness.
The eighth season of Doctor Who premieres on August 23 on BBC One.
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In 2011, cinematic scholar and prolific movies writer Matt Patches pioneered a special appreciation for the Spielberg Face. For those yet untouched by the phenomenon, the Spielberg Face is that look of childlike awe and wonder you're guaranteed to find on the mug of any of the enchanting filmmaker's big screen heroes. It's a staple of the artist's filmography — while Steve certainly has the market cornered on whimsy, a few other directors seem to have adopted the silent stare to exemplify their own psychological brand. In the trailer for his new film Interstellar, the nihilistic Christopher Nolan appears to be doing just that: directing every one of his actors to stare off into a vacant distance in a fugue state of wistful, hapless sorrow.
Take a look!
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At the :24 mark, Casey Affleck looks out upon the wasteland that has become of his beloved Earth, saying nothing, as his beard constricts his jaw from moving properly.
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At :43, a field of baseball players call a TO on what must not be that important of a game to begin with (they don't even have numbers, or logos, or anything) to quiety stare down a dust cloud.
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And here we find our hero Matthew McConaughey, dipping into his long untouched vault of emotional expressiveness to glare out his Deep South screen door without so much as a word for the cornless fields before him. [:55]
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Michael Caine usually has a helping of wisdom for the plucky young gents that hobble to his doorstep, but here he treats McConaughey only to a sullen, closed-mouthed glare. Back up, at least, Mike. You're in his bubble. [1:00]
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You think things look bleak and muted sitting down... [1:03]
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...look at how much bleaker and muter they are standing up! [1:05]
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Hey look, the kid's doing it now, too. Cheer up, kid. [1:17]
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Oh, oh jeez... things just got way more wistful and silent than we could have anticipated. How are you gonna stare out into the distance and mull over your laundry list of regrets through all them tears, McConaughey? [1:21]
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Academy Award-nominated actress Jessica Chastain will not be deterred by the fields of flaming wheat that surround and ultimately threaten to kill her. She's got some defeatist, squinty-eyed profile gawking to do. [1:41]
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"All we've got left," these kids think (not say, think), "is a trunk full of clutter, hearts full of destitution, and eyes full of whatever the unforgiving horizon can offer up." [1:46]
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Exclusive word from the set is that Anne Hathaway had to be instructed several times not to break into song during her scenes of silent staring. [1:53]
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And there it is, at 2:04. The longest stare of them all — that into the endless vaccuum of space, perhaps the most lonely, wistful, hopeless place conceivable. Family, friends, and any semblance of a home left literally lightyears away, with nothing standing ahead but black, cold face of emptiness... staring right back at us.
Should be a fun movie!
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For the bulk of every Rocky and Bullwinkle episode, moose and squirrel would engage in high concept escapades that satirized geopolitics, contemporary cinema, and the very fabrics of the human condition. With all of that to work with, there's no excuse for why the pair and their Soviet nemeses haven't gotten a decent movie adaptation. But the ingenious Mr. Peabody and his faithful boy Sherman are another story, intercut between Rocky and Bullwinkle segments to teach kids brief history lessons and toss in a nearly lethal dose of puns. Their stories and relationship were much simpler, which means that bringing their shtick to the big screen would entail a lot more invention — always risky when you're dealing with precious material.
For the most part, Mr. Peabody &amp; Sherman handles the regeneration of its heroes aptly, allowing for emotionally substance in their unique father-son relationship and all the difficulties inherent therein. The story is no subtle metaphor for the difficulties surrounding gay adoption, with society decreeing that a dog, no matter how hyper-intelligent, cannot be a suitable father. The central plot has Peabody hosting a party for a disapproving child services agent and the parents of a young girl with whom 7-year-old Sherman had a schoolyard spat, all in order to prove himself a suitable dad. Of course, the WABAC comes into play when the tots take it for a spin, forcing Peabody to rush to their rescue.
Getting down to personals, we also see the left brain-heavy Peabody struggle with being father Sherman deserves. The bulk of the emotional marks are hit as we learn just how much Peabody cares for Sherman, and just how hard it has been to accept that his only family is growing up and changing.
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But more successful than the new is the film's handling of the old — the material that Peabody and Sherman purists will adore. They travel back in time via the WABAC Machine to Ancient Egypt, the Renaissance, and the Trojan War, and 18th Century France, explaining the cultural backdrop and historical significance of the settings and characters they happen upon, all with that irreverent (but no longer racist) flare that the old cartoons enjoyed. And oh... the puns.
Mr. Peabody &amp; Sherman is a f**king treasure trove of some of the most amazingly bad puns in recent cinema. This effort alone will leave you in awe.
The film does unravel in its final act, bringing the science-fiction of time travel a little too close to the forefront and dropping the ball on a good deal of its emotional groundwork. What seemed to be substantial building blocks do not pay off in the way we might, as scholars of animated family cinema, have anticipated, leaving the movie with an unfinished feeling.
But all in all, it's a bright, compassionate, reasonably educational, and occasionally funny if not altogether worthy tribute to an old favorite. And since we don't have our own WABAC machine to return to a time of regularly scheduled Peabody and Sherman cartoons, this will do okay for now.
If nothing else, it's worth your time for the puns.
3/5
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Christmas may still be a month off, but when has that ever stopped the Hallmark Channel from rolling out its holiday themed movies a tad bit early? Quick answer: never! Which is why a snowy-white TV-flick starring none-other than Henry Winkler is just one of the great programs on our list this week. Here's what else you need to be watching.
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Modern FamilyWhy Modern Family? Because it's still the most consistently funnyshow on network TV. And we all know how the Big Four's crop of brand spankin' new sitcoms have been faring lately. Just turns on The Crazy Ones for five minutes. A vomit bag may be required. A new episode of Modern Family airs Wednesday at 9PM ET on ABC.
JFK: Three Shots That Changed AmericaWant more JFK anniversary coverage? How could you not? Then you'll want to check out the History Channel's engrossing two-part documentary airing this Friday. Not only does it include rare and unseen footage of the Kennedy assassination, but it also repudiates claims that there was a conspiracy or government cover-up. Hope you're listening, Oliver Stone! JFK: Three Shots That Changed America will air this Friday on the History Channel. Check your local listings for times.
The Most Wonderful Time of the YearThanksgiving hasn't even arrived yet, but Christmas season is already in full swing on the Hallmark Channel. In this heartwarming gem from 2008, Henry Winkler goes to great lengths to teach his curmudgeonly sister (Brooke Burns) about the true meaning of the holiday. That's right, folks, he's leaving the Fonz jacket at home! The Most Wonderful Time of the Year airs this Wednesday at 8PM ET on the Hallmark Channel.
The SimpsonsYep, America's favorite animated family (sorry Griffins) are back at it for a record-braking 25th season. Who's still watching, you ask? Well, enough people for Matt Groening and company to score a cool $750 million after signing an immensely lucrative syndication deal with FXX last week. And with over episodes and counting, those chinless Springfieldians show no signs of slowing down. Another new episode of The Simpsons airs this Sunday at 8PM ET on Fox.
ChoppedFor 17 seasons and counting, Chopped has been pitting chefs against one another and seeing what they come up with. This week the cooks are asked to combine exotic dishes like kimchi and gefilte fish, as well as a dessert round featuring marshmallow cake and citrus water. Mmm...anyone else feeling hungry right about now? A new episode of Chopped airs this Tuesday at 7 PM ET on the Food Network.
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As the man who recently got to make out with Scarlett Johansson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the envy of Reddit. But though he answered a lot of unprofessional questions (see below), Gordon-Levitt talked a lot about the film he recently wrote, directed, and starred in, Don Jon. The film centers around a man with a porn addiction (Gordon-Levitt), who falls in love with Johannson's character. Naturally, Reddit was interested in the film, among other things. Here are the best answers from his Reddit AMA.
On why he wears mismatching socks: "My brother always wore mismatched socks. I inherited his collection."
On any reservations he might have had about his family seeing the sexually explicit Don Jon: "My mom in particular really loves the movie. She brought up my brother and me with a lot of the ideals of the feminist movement(s) of the 60s and 70s. DON JON is largely a comedic satire of how our culture treats people (especially women) more like things than like people."
On why he's not Batman: "We are all Batman."
On the inexplicable JGLGiraffes meme: "If giraffes made a sound I would write it as an onomatopoeia in this reply."
On why he's recently delved into writing and directing: "I've been making little short films and videos for a long time. Since I was a kid. Then for my 21st birthday, I got myself my first copy of Final Cut. Love cutting. I've made hundreds of little things over the years. Don Jon didn't feel like a short though. It felt like a traditional feature length movie."
The secret to improving one's wardrobe: "A snazzy smile :o)"
On whether he prefers sweet romantic comedy roles or action flicks: "I like the variety. Changing all the time. Identity is a creative process."
The first movie he remembers seeing: "DUMBO"
His advice for picking up women: "Put on your listening cap"
If he put Don Jon into Haiku form: "fap fap fap fap fap / fap fap fap fap fap fap fap / fap fap fap fap fap"
On his preparation for Premium Rush: I rode every day for several months. Got thirty-two stitches once, going through the rear windshield of a taxi-cab. It's at the end of the credits, wait dude, did you see the movie?
On his future in musical theater: "Chan [Channing Tatum] and I definitely want to do a musical together. Guys and Dolls is one idea we're playing around with. Not sure if it'll happen, we'll see. But whatever it ends up being, it's gonna be frickin rad."
What he looks for in a woman: "I do my very best to not have any rigid expectations. I think the best, juiciest, mind blowing love comes as a surprise. If you're already looking for the items on your wish list, you're doomed. This is exactly what DON JON is about. Both my character and Scarlett's character are blinded by unrealistic expectations they've learned from pornography and Hollywood movies."
The most memorable class he's taken: "In highschool? AP US History. Mr. Bechtel."
On what he's learned from Christopher Nolan: "I was shooting TDKR when I first finished a draft of DON JON. I told Chris I was planning on directing a movie, and he was super supportive. In his characteristically understated way. He never blows smoke with a bunch of compliments. He just started asking me a bunch of questions. What budget was I thinking? How many days would we need to shoot it? Could we do it all in one city? He's a very detail-oriented director, and having him asking me those questions implied a confidence in me that I found warmly encouraging."
On whether he feels the same way about Catcher in The Rye as he did in 1997 (check out the hilarious video of a long-haired, dorky Gordon-Levitt below):"Yes."
On whether he actually paid to market Don Jon on porn sites: "Definitely. We're also advertising on "chick flick" stuff and on the NFL. All of which are media that is featured in DON JON. It's a movie about media culture, it should be in the media!"
On why he wanted Scarlett Johansson for Don Jon:"First of all because she's hilarious. See her on SNL? And she balances comedy and sincerity with a delicacy few actors can. Besides that, I thought she'd be a powerful presence in the movie because she's an acute example of what the movie's about. Scarlett is an extremely smart person, and a very talented artist. And yet most of what gets talked about is her looks. This part of our culture is what DON JON is poking fun at."
On internet piracy: "You know, what the RIAA calls piracy is tricky. I can't be too mad at it. When something can be duplicated infinitely at virtually no cost, it's hard to apply traditional economic rules to it. I think/hope in the future, we'll all be able to watch whatever movie we want to whenever we want to."
Comparing 500 Days of Summer and Don Jon:"I actually think the thesis of 500 Days of Summer is sorta similar to that of Don Jon. In fact, I think the 500 Days character, Tom, is a lot like Jon. Of course, they have very different styles. But they both start out the story pretty selfish. Tom doesn't really listen to Summer. He's projecting his ideal fantasy onto her. He's treating her more like a thing than like a person. Jon does this same thing to everyone in his life. The women he seduces, his friends, his family, even himself. But by the end, he's begun to break out of his mold and grow up a bit."
On the changes in his 3rd Rock from the Sun character: "I suppose the longer anyone spends on earth, the closer we all get to becoming superfluous characters."
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Bestseling author Stephen King is releasing a sequel to The Shining called Doctor Sleep. Danny Torrence is all grown up and has become a drunk, though one who gets visits from the remaining ghosts from the Overlook Hotel. Is it a good idea? I'm not sure about that.
Please bear in mind that King scares me and I don't want him to think bad about me saying this. Think I'm being paranoid? The guy who accidentally hit him with his van while the author was walking on the road died in his sleep like a year later. I still love your books, Stephen!
The thing is...this is a different King. The master of horror wrote what some consider one of his greatest works while under the influence of alcohol. Is he able to recreate that same sense today? He's more refined today, but there was just something visceral and raw about that first book that he might not be able to recreate today. I also hope that he doesn't have Danny write "All Work and No Play Make Danny A Dull Boy" for 500 pages.
King's legacy is rock solid, and even if this book is a dud in the selling sense. Which I don't think it will be, since people would likely buy his grocery list and send it skyrocketing up the bestseller list. Still, it seems more like a step back for him, possibly trying to get the sentimental grab. Again, not accusing you of anything, Stephen. Got all your books! Even The Tommyknockers!
I'm hoping that I'm wrong and that King hits another ball out of the park and that it's another classic. He's definitely done enough to gain the benefit of the doubt. Of course, I'm a bit of a hypocrite, since if I found out that he was doing another Dark Tower book, I'd be all over that.
I also don't want to see REDRUM written on my own wall, thanks.
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The fall TV season is already upon us, yet the best new shows to watch this week just happen to be… old shows? How can that be? Put it this way, it says a lot about the state of network TV when the best idea they can come up with is a cop show starring Andy Samberg. I'm sure that one will make it past episode three. Here are five new (old) shows you need to be recording this week.
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America's Got TalentOne of the most entertaining competition shows of the summer enters it closing week as (you!) America whittles down the final six to see who will win the million-dollar prize. My money is on the operatic tenor group, Forte. Now those cats can sing!
Survivor Blood Vs. WaterCBS's long-running reality competition series returns for it's 27th season and is still as incredibly addictive as ever. This time around former castaways and their families will compete against one another on an island in the Philippines. Check it out and you're guaranteed to become an instant believer.
The Mindy ProjectOkay, I know what you're thinking: Mindy Kaling's coming of age comedy struggled to find its voice during season one. So why should I watch? Sure that's true, but remember how horribly bland the first season of The Office was? How about Seinfeld? When it comes to great sitcoms, as The Mindy Project has the potential to become, the first season is usually the least memorable. Unless, of course, you're The Simpsons.
New GirlHollywood never knew what to do with Zooey Deschanel, which is why she spent the last decade playing the same plaid skirt wearing, cutesy girl next door in about a dozen different mediocre comedies. Then Fox's New Girl came along and well, it seems like Zooey can finally be Zooey for once. Now if they would just stop calling her adorkable! The third season of New Girl premieres on September 17.
Shark TankWho knew that the best reality show on TV could be about four greedy millionaires and their attempts to become even richer by having hungry entrepreneurs pitch their latest business ventures to them? Even stranger is the fact that the most entertaining part of the show is when their ideas are ripped apart in a matter of minutes. Hey, they don't call 'em sharks for nothing! The new season of Shark Tank debuts on Friday, September 20.
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A ludicrous script is usually the hurdle you find yourself trying to jump in an effort to enjoy an action-heavy science fiction in the character of Riddick. Surprisingly, it isn't the story that holds Vin Diesel's third Richard Riddick movie back, but what launches it forward through a dust cloud of other shortcomings and malfeasances. Kicking off with a wordless first act involving the lone criminal's determination to survive on a wasteland planet and progressing very gradually toward and through an intergalactic bounty hunter team's stakeout for the wanted man, we find ourselves adhering reluctantly to the slow-burning but densely packed drama. It'll get you. The claustrophic, death-on-the-horizon mission facing the band of lowlifes hunting down Riddick — and the intercepting troupe of more ostensibly "righteous" law enforcement officials (there's a guy who speaks calmly, a woman, and a kid who prays, so you know they're the good ones) — coughs up pissing contests, gender politics, and strategy debates in the valley of meaty sociological sci-fi like classic Star Trek episodes. Meanwhile, Diesel is hiding out in the adjacent caves, plotting his next move.
After a uniquely primal introductory chapter, wherein we're engrossed by the vivid hell that is "Not Furya" (Riddick's affectionate name for the world within which he is prisoner) in the same way that we connect to the first chapter of 2001: A Space Odyssey, we're relieved to welcome in some new characters (and, of course, actual dialogue). While Diesel can muster charisma taunting Jordi Mollà's bounty hunter creep Santana or Matt Nable's stoic (with a breaking point) officer Johns, he's not the sort of actor who can carry long stretches of wordless, pensive survival on his own. Luckily, he gets a dog pretty early on, so that picks things up a bit.
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But problems are not absent when the film duodecuples its population. Once the talking kicks up, so does the occasional weaving of mythos. Even those familiar with the old films will find themselves boggled by the convoluted, cantankerous backstory building that pops in obligatorily, wishing that the film would just get back to the quavering stakeout. However, there is a far bigger issue at hand.
While the heated issues presented Within the tiny world of the battling teams sent to the planet to hunt down Riddick are a banquet for the viewer, some of the problems actually traverse beyond the screen, and All of them involve sole female player Katee Sackhoff and her character Dahl. It says everything that the only woman in this film bears a handle that is homophonous to "Doll." While we can expect the no nonsense officer to be treated with a dearth of respect (and worse) by money hungry, lustful bounty man Santiago, the film itself doesn't seem to have a much more forgivable attitude toward the character, her gender, or her sexual orientation (which is, inscrutably, one of the most revisited topics of conversation).
Present through the movie as soon as Dahl steps onscreen, Riddick's misogyny will get in the way of its otherwise enjoyable and interesting foray into gritty sci-fi, but stands as its sole indefensible problem. Had a more diligent, progressive eye in the edit bay relinquished David Twohy's screenplay of this outrageously persistent repulsion, we might have a film altogether triumphant. With a cherished character readily available for returning fans and a new stock of interesting set-ups for any genre aficionado, not to mention palpable tension — and, yes, the dog — Riddick really only suffers from its misshapen approaches toward gender and sexuality. It's one problem, but it's a damn big one.
2.5/5
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Christopher Nolan's upcoming sci-fi film Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Casey Affleck, and Matt Damon, is about as closely guarded a secret as any in Hollywood right now. But the Fort Macleod Gazette in Alberta, Canada, near where the movie is being filmed, has a kernal of info. Literally. In an on-set report published on their website, they state the plot description of the film as thus: "Set in the future, the movie details the toll climate change has taken on agriculture, with corn the last crop to be cultivated. The scientists embark on a journey through a worm hole into other dimensions in search of somewhere other crops can be grown."
So the plot of the much-anticipated follow-up to Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy and Inception hinges on corn? Apparently so. But corn doesn't just pop. It has a history of making for good pop culture as well. Here are 10 examples of corn in movies, TV, and music for which we've been all ears. (Sorry, we couldn't resist.)
The Corn that Hides Cary Grant from that Cropduster in North by Northwest
Billy Mumy's Cornfield on The Twilight Zone
Corny Collins
Charlie Chaplin Eating Corn
When Dead Ballplayers Hide in Cornfields
The Cornucopia in The Hunger Games
Children of the Corn
Cornelius Hackl
The Sadly Devoured Corn in Sloop John B
Korn
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